Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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